$5,100,000
Top Result
SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $5,100,000 settlement on behalf of the estate of our client in connection with an injury during an admission at a Chicagoland Hospital.
Verdicts & Settlements
Case
Below are Zayed Law Offices' published verdicts and settlements. Every one of them comes from the firm's work in other practice areas — none is an asbestos or mesothelioma case. That belongs at the top of this page, not in a footnote.
Read This First
These are firm-wide results. None of them are asbestos cases.
Every figure on this page comes from Zayed Law Offices' published record across all of its practice areas — commercial vehicle and trucking collisions, medical malpractice, and other injury matters. The firm's published case list contains no asbestos, mesothelioma, or occupational disease result, and nothing here should be read as one.
They are published anyway because they are real, and because you should be able to see what this firm has actually done. What they show is a firm that prepares cases and is willing to try them. What they do not show — and cannot show — is an asbestos track record.
Past results never guarantee a future outcome. Every claim turns on its own facts, its own evidence, and the law of the state where it is filed. No number below is a prediction, an estimate, or a promise about any other case.
Why publish results from other practice areas here?
Because the alternative is showing you nothing, or dressing these up as something they are not. Labeled plainly, they are useful evidence that the firm litigates and resolves serious injury claims. They are not evidence of asbestos experience, and this site does not offer them as such.
Firm-Wide Totals
The firm’s numbers, across every kind of case it takes.
These totals cover Zayed Law Offices' whole practice. They are not asbestos or mesothelioma figures and they are not a projection for any claim. Each one is published with the wording that makes it accurate.
$150M+
Total recovered across all matters99%
Success rate on accepted cases15+
Years of trial practiceFirm-Wide Results
Verdicts and settlements across all practice areas
$3,000,000
Top Result
SETTLEMENT
Adam. J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $3,000,000 settlement on behalf of our client involved in a trucking-company negligence case just 2 days before trial was set to begin in Will County, Illinois.
$3,000,000
Top Result
SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell recovered a $3,000,000 settlement on behalf of a client who sustained a permanent injury during a surgical procedure.
Additional settlements & verdicts
$2,750,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $2,750,000 settlement on behalf of a client who sustained injuries in a collision with a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? truck.
$2,750,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed of Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys negotiated a $2.75 million settlement on behalf of a 47-year old Chicago area woman just 2 days before trial was set to begin.
$2,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $2,500,000 settlement on behalf of a client in a medical malpractice case involving the failure to diagnose metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
$2,350,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed of Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys secured a $2.35 million settlement on behalf of a man rear ended by commercial vehicle on I-294. Our client suffered neck and back injuries that required a lumbar fusion.
$2,250,000SETTLEMENT
Jeremy D. Lee and Adam J. Zayed secure $2.25 million settlement for a client who suffered back injuries requiring a lumbar fusion due to a commercial vehicle crash in Cook County.
$2,000,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Jeremy D. Lee recover $2,000,000 for client who suffered injuries in a commercial vehicle crash.
$1,770,000SETTLEMENT
Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys secured a worthy settlement for a young client after a motor vehicle accident caused by a Cook County Sheriff.
$1,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured an award on behalf of a client who sustained severe injuries in a commercial vehicle collision.
$1,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secured a $1,500,000 settlement on behalf of a client who sustained injuries in a commercial vehicle collision.
$1,500,000SETTLEMENT
Adam J. Zayed and Julian D. Hoshell secure award for client who suffered non-surgical injuries in commercial vehicle crash.
No Guarantees
Why past results do not predict a future outcome
Every asbestos claim turns on its own diagnosis, its own exposure history, its own set of defendants, and the law of the state where it is filed. Change any one of those and the analysis changes with it.
No firm can tell you what a case is worth before the exposure history is reconstructed and the governing law identified. Any figure offered before that work is done is a marketing number, not an assessment.
How are asbestos claims resolved?
Through three distinct routes, often in combination. A civil claim against the companies responsible for the exposure resolves by settlement or, less often, by verdict at trial. Separately, claims against the bankruptcy trusts funded by asbestos defendants are paid administratively under each trust's published distribution procedures. Veterans exposed in service may hold a further, independent claim for VA benefits. Which routes are open in a given case depends on the exposure history and on which state's law governs.
What Drives Value
These are the factors that actually move the analysis in an asbestos matter. None of them can be assessed from a phone call alone.
The diagnosis and its costs
The disease, its stage, the treatment it requires, and the care it will require — proved through medical records and a projection of future costs rather than estimated. Lost income and lost earning capacity are established the same way, from employment and earnings history.
The strength of the exposure evidence
Which specific products a person was exposed to, at which sites, and over what period — and how well that can be proved through records, product identification, and testimony. Exposure evidence is what connects a defendant to the disease, and its quality varies enormously between cases.
Solvent defendants and available trusts
How many of the responsible companies still exist and can be sued, and how many reorganized into trusts that pay administratively. Both routes matter, and the mix differs case by case depending on which products were involved.
The governing law
The filing deadline, the causation standard the court applies, who may bring a wrongful death claim, and whether damages are capped are all set by state law. Two otherwise identical claims can resolve very differently depending on where they are brought.
How Resolution Works
From investigation to resolution
The sequence a claim moves through — and where the recovery actually comes from.
01
Exposure Investigation
Employment, union, service, and earnings records are gathered and the products behind the exposure identified. This determines which companies the claim can be brought against.
02
Filing and Trust Claims
The civil claim is filed in the appropriate venue. In parallel, claims are filed against any asbestos bankruptcy trusts connected to the identified products — a separate process with its own requirements.
03
Discovery and Preservation
Testimony is preserved early, given the time pressure in mesothelioma cases. Company documents on what a defendant knew about asbestos, and when, are obtained through discovery.
04
Settlement or Trial
Most asbestos matters resolve by settlement, often with different defendants resolving at different times. Where an offer does not reflect the losses, the case is tried.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What these results are, what they are not, and how asbestos recoveries actually work.
No. Every verdict and settlement listed here comes from Zayed Law Offices’ work in other practice areas — commercial vehicle and trucking collisions, medical malpractice, and other injury matters. The firm’s published case list contains no asbestos, mesothelioma, or occupational disease result. These figures say nothing about how an asbestos claim would be handled or what it would produce.
Because they are real, and hiding them would tell you less rather than more. Labeled honestly, they show a firm that prepares cases and is willing to try them. Labeled loosely, the same numbers would imply an asbestos track record that does not exist — which is why the labeling on this page is as prominent as the numbers themselves.
The diagnosis and its prognosis, the medical and care costs it generates, lost income and earning capacity, the strength of the exposure evidence connecting specific defendants to the disease, the number of solvent defendants and available trusts, and the law of the state where the claim is filed — which governs the causation standard and what damages are recoverable. No two claims share the same combination.
A verdict is the decision reached at the end of a trial by a judge or jury. A settlement is a negotiated agreement to resolve the claim without that decision. A trust payment is different from both: it comes from a fund established by an asbestos defendant that reorganized in bankruptcy, is claimed through an administrative filing rather than a lawsuit, and is paid according to the trust’s published distribution procedures rather than through negotiation.
No. Any figure describing a recovery is the gross amount recovered. Case costs — expert fees, records retrieval, depositions, filing fees — and the contingency fee are paid out of that amount under the engagement agreement. The net figure is discussed with the client before any settlement is accepted.
No. Every asbestos claim turns on its own diagnosis, exposure history, defendants, and governing law. Past results are not a guarantee, a prediction, or an estimate of what any new matter would produce. Be skeptical of any firm that presents them as one.
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